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Santa Paula Art Museum update of March 18 — Free Family Day on Free First Sunday

by Community Contributor • March 18, 2019 • Comments Off

JEANETTE COLE ART CENTER & COLE CREATIVITY CENTER

Here are the Museum’s top 5 moments from the past week:

Axell Accepts Award

Board president Randy Axell accepted our “Community Beautification Award” at the Santa Paula Chamber of Commerce’s 2019 Awards Dinner. The award honored the Museum’s new Cole Creativity Center.

Art and The Arc

Our education department is busy with tours this month including last week’s visit from the Santa Paula chapter of The Arc of Ventura County. They enjoyed a tour and hands-on art lesson.

Spring Break Plans

We finalized the details of our spring break kids’ art classes that will be offered through our partnership with the City of Santa Paula’s Parks and Recreation Department. More info is coming soon!

Docent Field Trip

Some of our docents and staff took a field trip to the Pasadena Museum of Historyto view that Museum’s current exhibit, Something Revealed: California Women Artists Emerge, 1860-1960. They loved it!

New Classes Scheduled

Curator of Creativity Meg Phelps is always cooking up new classes at the Museum! Click here to learn more about Buttonhole Bookmaking in May and our three-part Watercolor Intensive in June.

Upcoming Class

Monotypes Using Gelatin Plates (Ages 16+)

Saturday March 23, 2019, from 10:00am to 12:00pm, and Sunday, March 24, 2019, from 12:00pm to 3:00pm

Back by popular demand! Used by seasoned artists yet easy enough for the beginner to do at home, Monotypes Using Gelatin Plates is a fast, fun, color-filled experience in printmaking. Students will learn to make their own gelatin plate, use a variety of tools to create expressive and spontaneous imagery, and employ water-based inks to generate multiple prints to take home. All skill levels are welcome, and all supplies are provided. Pre-registration is required. The cost of this two-part class is $85.00 per person.

More Info and/or Pre-register

Upcoming Event

Free Family Day on Free First Sunday

Sunday, April 7, 2019, from 12:00pm to 3:00pm

Join us for Free Family Day at the Santa Paula Art Museum on the first Sunday of every month from 12:00pm to 3:00pm. In addition to enjoying our current exhibitions, you’ll experience hands-on art activities for the whole family, with local artists sharing new ideas and projects each month. Admission is free for everyone and materials are provided. And did you know that our Free Family Days coincide with Free First Sunday at all of Santa Paula’s museums? Make a day of it and visit the Santa Paula Art Museum, the Agriculture Museum, the Aviation Museum of Santa Paula, and the California Oil Museum for free! Hours will vary by location.

Upcoming Class

Ukrainian Egg Decorating (Ages 16+)

Friday, April 12, 2019, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, and Saturday, April 13, 2019, from 10:00am to 1:00pm

Celebrate spring with the rich colors, intricate patterns, and traditional techniques of Ukrainian Egg Decorating! Learn the basics of tools and techniques on day one, and immerse yourself in practice on day two. Join us and turn your eggs into masterpieces! All skill levels are welcome, and all supplies are provided. Pre-registration is required. The cost of this two-part class is $80.00 per person.

More Info and/or Pre-register

Support the Museum

Become a Member or Renew Your Membership

Become a member or renew your membership in the Santa Paula Art Museum today! All of our members enjoy free regular admission to the Museum, free admission to gallery talks and artist demonstrations, discounted admission to special events including exhibit premieres, concerts, and the annual art auction, 10% off the cost of art classes at the Museum’s Cole Creativity Center, 10% off purchases in the Museum’s gift shop, and 10% off purchases of fine art made available for sale in our exhibitions. Your membership will also benefit others as it will allow the Museum to offer school tours, art classes, free family days, bilingual exhibit content, artist-in-the-classroom experiences, student exhibitions, and other meaningful programs to everyone in our community.

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Pop-Up Art Shop

The gift shop is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10:00am to 4:00pm, and Sundays from 12:00pm to 4:00pm

The Santa Paula Art Museum’s Pop-Up Art Shop is an extension of our gift shop and features art for sale by some of our favorite local artists, both historic and contemporary. Artworks in the gift shop can be purchased and taken home immediately. Use the button below to see our current inventory of paintings by artists George Lockwood, Gina Niebergall, and Anette Power. Members of the museum receive 10% off every purchase they make in the gift shop.